Smile, Dong-hae (Drama - 2010)

웃어라 동해야 (Woot-eo-la Dong-hae-ya)

Directed by Kim Myeong-wook (김명욱), Mo Wan-il (모완일)

KBS | Airing dates : 2010/10/04~2011/05/13

159 episodes - Mon~Fri 20:25
The drama is about Donghae's journey of finding love and building a family in Korea, his home country that only gave him hurt and painful memories.

The mother of Karl Laker (Korean name Donghae) was a single mom and an adoptee from Korea. He has lived hard to protect his intellectually stunted mom.

Now they're back in Korea, the country that abandoned them. Donghae has come to marry his girlfriend but he is again betrayed. In the course of events, he finds his biological father and also new love.

Be strong and Smile Again

Like a dandelion surviving the freezing winter inside a well, the characters hold on to their dreams and hope amid tribulations. One hard working family trips over a rocky outcropping and abruptly falls to the bottom, but the love between family members enable them to rise again.

Pure, innocent love is a thing of the past in this modern day. The drama seeks to give light to the fading true meaning of love and marriage and the associated responsibility. The young couple marries quickly and divorces quickly. The elderly couple weathers their lives together. The middle-aged couple struggles to work out their marriage. And one woman does not forget her one true love of the past.

It is their warm story, at times comical and serious, of love and marriage.

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Ji Chang-wook
지창욱
As
Dong-hae
(동해)
Do Ji-won
도지원
As
Anna Laker
(안나레이커)
Oh Ji-eun
오지은
As
Lee Bong-i
(이봉이)
Im Chae-moo
임채무
As
Lee Kang-jae
(이강재)
Lee Bo-hee
이보희
As
Kye Seon-ok
(계선옥)
Alex
알렉스
As
Lee Tae-hoon
(이태훈)

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